The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has stated that it found no elements in the messages disseminated by Pierina Gilli that contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church on faith and morals This declaration is included in a letter published on July 8 The letter addresses the devotion to Maria Rosa Mystica ('Mary Mystical Rose') and the messages that Pierina Gilli claims to have received from the Virgin Mary in 1947 and 1966 The letter highlights the positive aspects of these messages while also noting some elements that require clarification to prevent misunderstandings The "green light" for the spiritual experience of the Madonna of Fontanelle follows the new norms for discerning alleged supernatural phenomena issued on May 17 These norms prioritize evaluating the doctrinal and pastoral outcomes of the phenomenon rather than establishing its supernatural nature The letter on Mystical Rose emphasizes the positive aspects of Pierina Gilli's writings particularly her humble and complete trust in Mary's maternal action The Dicastery notes that Gilli's writings do not exhibit vanity but rather show an awareness of being blessed by the presence of the Mystical Rose Excerpts from Gilli's diaries extol Mary's beauty and goodness and describe the profound effects on those who encounter her The Dicastery highlights that Gilli consistently acknowledges that Mary's actions direct believers towards Jesus Christ Among the manifestations cited in the letter is also one of Christ himself which inspired in the visionary a deep trust in him: “In looking at him I felt strongly attracted to him I have no words to express what made my soul be captured by him!.. [the Lord said:] ‘Always keep your gaze fixed on Me to scrutinize and guess what I want from you I wish to totally possess your faculties so that you can always perform actions inspired by My Love’” (February 27 Gilli's messages also express a strong sense of ecclesial communion exemplified by her appreciation of the new liturgy established by the Council The DDF explains that some expressions in Gilli's diaries require interpretation particularly those depicting the Madonna as a mediator restraining divine justice and punishments The context of the overall messages clarifies that there is no intention to present God or Christ as distant or lacking in mercy The letter includes further messages that affirm this perspective such as Mary's assurance that her Divine Son is always ready to pour out His mercy on the world The letter advises avoiding the image of Mary as a 'lightning rod' mediator a concept often used in the past and inherited by Gilli The new norms for discerning supernatural phenomena recognize that true spiritual fruits may emerge from experiences that include theologically imprecise expressions The three roses signifying “prayer - sacrifice - penance,” central to Gilli's spiritual experience should not be seen as a universal message for all believers the central message of the Gospel remains charity as emphasized throughout the New Testament The letter addresses certain unexplained expressions used by Gilli such as “Mary Redemption" ('Maria Redenzione') “Mary of Grace,” and “Mary Mediatrix.” It reaffirms that only Jesus Christ is the sole Redeemer and that only the Lord can bestow sanctifying grace Mary's role should be understood as maternal intercession helping believers open themselves to the action of sanctifying grace the DDF concludes that Gilli's messages related to Maria Rosa Mystica do not contradict Church doctrine The apparitions of Mary “Mystical Rose” and “Mother of the Church” are associated with Fontanelle located south of Montichiari in the province of Brescia was born into a peasant family and worked as a housekeeper and nurse Her mystical experiences span two periods: the first in 1947 when the Madonna appeared to her with the titles of “Rosa Mystica” and “Mother of the Church,” and the second in 1966 in Fontanelle the Madonna indicated a specific spring as a place of purification and source of graces Construction of a sanctuary began in 1966 at the site designed as an open amphitheater with a chapel for Eucharistic celebrations and a smaller chapel protecting the spring the bishops have not felt that there was sufficient evidence to comment on the supernaturalness of the apparitions. However on the tenth anniversary of Pierina Gilli’s death Bishop Giulio Sanguineti appointed a priest to oversee the cult at Fontanelle the Marian site was proclaimed the “Diocesan Sanctuary of Rosa Mystica-Mother of the Church” during a Eucharistic celebration led by the current Bishop of Brescia Thank you for reading our article. You can keep up-to-date by subscribing to our daily newsletter. Just click here Whereas in 1984 his dicastery had judged this supernatural phenomenon to have little credibility the latest statement speaks of its "positive aspects" in terms of faith and morals but asks that certain messages be "clarified." (Mystical Rose is a common title of Mary, present since ancient times, and one of her invocations in the Litany of Loreto Since the publication of the new norms for the study of supernatural phenomena in the Catholic Church on May 17 the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has been able to speak publicly regarding these cases which may be requested by a local bishop or proposed of its own accord by the dicastery is not to recognize the supernatural character of the case studied it authorizes with as much clarity as possible the devotion linked to it making theological corrections if necessary After its investigation, the dicastery can also decide to prohibit a devotion, or declare that a phenomenon is not supernatural. This was the case in the first letter published on June 27, in which Cardinal Fernández affirmed the "non-supernatural nature" of the so-called apparitions that have been said to take place in recent years in Trevignano Now the dicastery has taken up the case of the Italian visionary Pierina Gilli (1911-1991). From Montichiari, Lombardy, she reported having been visited by the Virgin Mary on numerous occasions during which Our Lady purportedly revealed herself to her as the "Mystic Rose." The publication of her Diary aroused great devotion and encouraged the creation of a shrine at Fontanelle repeatedly advised against the devotion in 1968 without succeeding in putting an end to the devotion Bishop Bruno Foresti even announced that the then Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had judged the apparitions to be non-credible and had disapproved of the devotion of the "Mystical Rose" related to them the dicastery thus would seem to have reversed its earlier judgment it no longer aims to recognize the supernatural nature of the phenomenon It’s only stating its validity from the point of view of Christian doctrine and the pastoral relevance of maintaining the devotion linked to it Cardinal Fernández announces that the dicastery of which he is prefect "has not found in the messages spread by Pierina Gilli any element that directly contradicts the teaching of the Catholic Church in matters of faith and morals." He explains that, on the contrary, the dicastery has detected positive elements. Therefore, he is giving his nihil obstat to the devotion, even though he insists that certain messages require "clarification to avoid misunderstanding." According to the dicastery, the texts contain "expressions that are not always appropriate." For example, some of the visionary's writings suggest that the Virgin Mary is a "'lightning rod' mediator" who protects humanity from the wrath of an unmerciful God, or that she is a redeemer – whereas "Jesus Christ is our only Redeemer," the document stresses. Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox. It’s free! Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you. Please make a tax-deductible donation today! Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news, stories, spirituality, and more. 0$0.00 CV NEWS FEED// The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has approved devotion to Our Lady of Montichiari (Maria Rosa Mystica) according to the Vatican’s new norms for discerning supernatural phenomena Mary Mystical Rose appeared in 1947 and in 1966 to an Italian woman named Pierina Gilli in Fontanella, near Montichiari in Northern Italy, according to Vatican News The apparition is also known as Our Lady of Montichiara As the new norms dictate the apparitions were evaluated based on whether their messages aligned with Church doctrine rather than whether or not the apparitions were supernatural the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith “found no elements in the messages disseminated by Pierina Gilli that contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church on faith and morals.”  The Dicastery noted that Pierina Gilli’s writings show a humility and deep trust in both the Blessed Mother and Our Lord “exemplified by her appreciation of the new liturgy,” and that her “writings do not exhibit vanity In looking at him I felt strongly attracted to him I have no words to express what made my soul be captured by him!… [the Lord said:] ‘Always keep your gaze fixed on Me to scrutinize and guess what I want from you I wish to totally possess your faculties so that you can always perform actions inspired by My Love.’ the Dicastery also cautions that some of Gilli’s language concerning Our Lady needs clarification “Mary Redemption” (‘Maria Redenzione’) and “Mary of Grace.” As long as the faithful understand that Our Lord is the sole redeemer and the bestower of grace these statements align with Church doctrine The Dicastery also notes that Our Lady’s call to prayer and penance are not “a universal message for all believers as emphasized throughout the New Testament.” Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Terms and Conditions Bugatti permanently changed the racing scene With the Type 13 “Brescia” Bugatti was responsible for a turning point in the history of motorsport in 1921. 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Also follow the event on Twitter @UCI_Paracycling with the hashtag #PARACYCLING2016, Facebook and Instagram: @UCI_cycling Since I wrote an article back in 2013 on the alleged apparitions of Our Lady under the title of “Rosa Mistica,” it turns out that there have been some further developments on this case these developments might have a bearing upon the ongoing speculation about the upcoming judgment from the Holy See on Medjugorje I would like to examine the facts beginning with the new information on the Rosa Mistica case and then apply it to Medjugorje I left off my Rosa Mistica article about the last of the official Diocesan documents having been issued in 2008 under Bishop Luciano Monari This last document concerned regulations from a Directory that were set in place by the Diocese on Montichiari/Fontanelle from 2001 The Bishop also reiterated that the Diocese does not accept as supernatural the claims of Pierina Gilli and that nothing can be done to “induce the faithful to believe that the judgment of the Church [on this matter] has been altered….” In this Decree the Bishop announces that a new Directory with corresponding regulations is being published The Decree recalls the “long journey” (lungo percorso) undertaken by the Diocese to legislate the “exercise of Marian devotion in Fontenelle-Montichiari.” He then expresses his desire to continue this work “with all interested parties and for the good of all the faithful.” To this effect Monari also states that “firm indications” (ferme indicazioni pervenutaci) from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments (CDWS) as well as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) have assisted him in this matter The Bishop then formally promulgated the new Directory and appointed 2 priests to the case, their terms lasting for six months and ending on December 31, 2013 (their terms were renewed on January 1 I do not believe it necessary to go into every detail of the Directory of July except to say that the Bishop attempts to foster devotion to Our Lady under her ancient title of “Mystical Rose” (Directory He gives a list of Norms that are to be followed “with docility obedience and a spirit of faith” (Directory He again mentions the assistance of the CDF specifically citing a letter dated November 13 The contents of the letter from the CDF are not revealed. It appears, however, that they are alluded to in an official Press Release from the Diocese of Brescia that was issued on July 19 According to indications [guidelines] recently received by the Holy See the promotion of Marian devotion in Fontanelle will then have a more direct link with the responsibility of the Diocesan Bishop because of the considerable influx of the faithful coming to Fontanelle from the Diocese of Brescia and from other Dioceses in Italy and the world This is therefore a very important phase of transition that wants to improve and intends to keep account of the steps so far carried out with great dedication for many years especially by the priests of the parishes of Montichiari and H.E to whom is expressed a great debt of gratitude under the authority of the Diocesan Bishop or other phenomena of a presumed supernatural nature will be excluded that can also indirectly induce the faithful to believe that the judgment of the Church about the so-called apparitions or other extraordinary phenomena in Fontanelle has been changed in a positive sense by the Holy See In order to make more effective the custody and the supervision on the devotion established in the new Directory the Bishop has named the Diocesan Chancellor He will be able to count on the collaboration of the Most Reverend Giancarlo Scalvini with special tasks of moderator of the devotion [cult] and administrator it appears as though the contents of the letter from the CDF to Bishop Monari could very well discuss the obligation of the Diocesan Bishop to assert his authority in the matter This manifests itself by establishing guidelines for a healthy Marian devotion in Montichiari/Fontanelle and for these to be enforced by Diocesan officials appointed by the Bishop comprising 15 different articles notarized by a gentleman named Diego Ferrario 2012 letter from the CDF with this Dicastery’s “indications” for how to proceed in the Montichiari/Fontanelle case What we see in these above documents is a clear desire from the Diocese of Brescia as well as the CDF to regulate the devotion expressed by the faithful in the area of Montichiari/Fontanelle This devotion was inspired by the claims and writings of the alleged visionary Pierina Gilli from 1947 onwards Though it was clear after Diocesan authorities examined said claims that there was no evidence of the supernatural the Diocese still had to regulate the otherwise good devotion and intention of the faithful The above facts and their recent promulgation raise an important question: are the above acts in the Montichiari/Fontanelle case a foretaste of what we can expect in a judgment from the Holy See on the Medjugorje phenomenon Earlier this summer, Pope Francis created quite the media frenzy when he was returning to Rome from his trip to Sarajevo. During his press conference, the Holy Father was asked about Medjugorje. Though there was some initial dispute as to the exact words as the reports were first coming out, the official text on the Vatican’s web site reads: Pope Benedict XVI at the time convened a committee presided over by Cardinal Camillo Ruini; there were other Cardinals theologians and specialists on the committee as well They did an investigation and Cardinal Ruini came to me and gave me the study they did Cardinal Müller (Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) told me that he would be having a feria quarta (a meeting dedicated to this specific question) at the right time; I think it was done on the last Wednesday of the month But I am not sure… We are close to coming to a decision all that is being done is to give guidelines to the bishops [Father Lombardi notes that the proposed feria quarta has not yet It was that last line about the Holy See giving “guidelines to the bishops” that are “along the lines that will be taken” that sent the media into a flurry of activity The reason for said activity is because of steps taken on Medjugorje that were publicized prior to the Pope’s remarks in June, 2015. Beginning in November, 2013, reports arose on actions from the CDF concerning how local Ordinaries were to handle events and/or functions on Medjugorje local Ordinaries were to ensure the faithful in their care were not to attend functions that presumed a supernatural character to Medjugorje The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith points out that pending further provisions by the Holy See priests and faithful – are required to observe the already established by the bishops of the former Yugoslavia in the Zadar Declaration of April 10 1991: “On the basis of investigation up till now it is not possible to say whether it’s supernatural apparitions or revelations” It is therefore not allowed to the clergy and faithful of the diocese to participate in any meetings conferences or public celebrations in which would be taken for granted as to their credibility The above texts and accompanying stories are seen as being indicative of the direction the Church is going with respect to Medjugorje It must then be observed that if these are the “lines” along which the Church is taking the Medjugorje phenomenon then it does not look as if said phenomenon will be attributed with a supernatural character does not address the same question that the case of Montichiari/Fontanelle faced namely the question of the devotion expressed in Medjugorje the idea spread that the Holy See might not declare the alleged apparitions to be supernatural but it might allow the devotion expressed in Medjugorje to continue This would happen by regulating the situation in Medjugorje by issuing guidelines due to the absence of an official statement from the Holy See The end of June came and went with no official statement on the matter will the Holy See offer “indications” to the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (wherein Medjugorje is located) on Medjugorje just like it appears to have done with the Diocese of Brescia on Montichiari/Fontanelle Or was it that various media reports read what I will here call the “Montichiari/Fontanelle Solution” back into the Medjugorje phenomenon and no matter where one falls in the discussion on Medjugorje it is going to be truly revealing to see people’s responses to the judgment of the Holy See On the Rosa Mistica Apparitions Medjugorje: A Clarification and Disobedience Medjugorje: More on Ivan Dragicevic Wayne Weible and the Papal Nuncio: A Response [i] The above is my own amateur translation Secondo le indicazioni pervenute di recente dalla Santa Sede la promozione del culto mariano alle Fontanelle dovrà quindi avere un legame più diretto con la responsabilità del Vescovo diocesano in ragione del notevole afflusso di fedeli provenienti alla Fontanelle dalla diocesi di Brescia e da altre diocesi in Italia e nel mondo Si tratta pertanto di una fase di passaggio molto importante che vuole valorizzare e intende tenere conto dei passi fin qui svolti con grande dedizione soprattutto dai sacerdoti delle Parrocchie di Montichiari e da S.E verso i quali si esprime un grande debito di riconoscenza Presso la località Fontanelle dovrà pertanto essere promosso un culto unicamente mariano e battesimale sotto l’autorità del Vescovo diocesano e dovrà essere escluso qualsiasi riferimento ad apparizioni o altri fenomeni di presunta natura soprannaturale che possano anche solo indirettamente indurre i fedeli a ritenere che il giudizio della Chiesa circa le c.d apparizioni o altri fenomeni straordinari in località Fontanelle sia stato modificato in senso positivo da parte della Santa Sede Allo scopo di rendere più efficace la custodia e la vigilanza sul culto secondo quanto stabilito nel nuovo direttorio il Vescovo ha nominato nella persona del Cancelliere diocesano il quale potrà contare sulla collaborazione in loco di un presbitero con speciali compiti di moderatore del culto e di amministratore Sarà loro cura agire d’intesa con le Parrocchie di Montichiari per tutto ciò che concerne una armonica azione pastorale tra le funzioni religiose della Parrocchie e quelle del culto mariano presso le Fontanelle nonché avviare percorso di collaborazione con i membri dell’associazione Rosa Mistica-Fontanelle al fine di armonizzare le attività e compiti statutari della stessa in osservanza delle indicazioni del nuovo Direttorio I have always believed that Our Lady appeared at Medjugorje in the beginning but in later years some of the visionaries were make appointments for people to meet them in various places where Our Lady had agreed to appear – it all seemed so bizarre would follow wherever certain visionaries traveled The visionary we rarely hear from or about is the youngest boy…hopefully all will follow the Church’s decision on this…Our Lady is with us every day everywhere for she is the mother of us all would follow wherever certain visionaries traveled’ In Her glorified body and by the power of the Holy Spirit Our Lady is everywhere – why do you think she needs to ‘travel/follow’ to where the visionaries travel Yes Gabllus and Florian that poses a very big problem We earthly beings do not command the Mother of God this is an outright insult to the Queen of Heaven Something that happens which doesn’t have a supernatural character is not necessarily something bad if the seer was a prayerful person who tended to pray with a lot of visual and sensory imagination involved (as it can get to a point where it might be difficult to tell spontaneous imagination (like dreams or like the visual stories many writers compose and experience without conscious involvement) from something that is actually happening or from a perceived vision his imagination would produce imaginary happenings that were pious and good and which could well be filled with good advice that would be edifying there have been cases where liars masquerading as seers or people who were true seers who then fell into making stuff up have managed to produce a certain number of good fruits simply because the people who believed them were trying to love God and do His will God can make a little bit of lemonade out of the rottenest lemons But that wouldn’t be because the liars were experiencing anything supernatural; it would be because God scrambles into all sorts of holes to rescue His lost sheep if you’ve ever wondered why people were so worried about what would happen to St look up what happened to the children who saw Our Lady of La Salette The initial apparitions were truly supernatural in character unedifying stuff happened with both of them and their later accounts of later visions were not approved There was also a lot of controversy about their “secrets,” one of which was never published Humans can sin and mess up as much as they want there’s good reason that the Church gives investigative powers to the local bishop in these cases I think it’s foolish to expect Rome to find a supernatural character and approve of Medjugorje when the bishops on the spot have been so leery of so many sketchy aspects of the messages of the “apparition” and the credibility of the “seers.” And then one can always trip over one’s own incredulity Have you seen my article “The Greatest of Pastoral Care” http://www.catholiclane.com/the-greatest-of-pastoral-care/ I would make is your choice of words “the Church gives investigative powers to the local bishop in these cases.” I think the Bishop has these already by virtue of his authority not because he is given them by the Church at some later point Why don’t they just be honest and say that they don’t have any evidence to prove that the visitations are not genuine and that the messages have nothing that contradicts Catholic doctrine One person’s reality CANNOT be the same as another’s so if the vision did not happen to one It is like determining who your father is – you go on the testimony and the evidence – you can never be absolutely 100% sure Over-prudence is neither helpful nor wise and blocks countless souls in their spiritual growth to block the Lord or His messenger is to offend the Lord Take from prophecy what is good – leave the rest It would be far more fruitful to have an intelligent and insightful analysis of the content of the messages than to spend all this energy trying to disprove them – appropriate focus of attention seems to be absent here and Fatima visitations in messages to other visionaries and so I take the matter as settled Our Lady said the confusion over the visitations of Garabandal was given to show ‘the confusion in the Church’ – and this confusion is evident in all the froth about them You said that the Lord affirms the Medugorje messages to other visionaries How do you know it is the Lord speaking and not Satan If Satan wanted people to believe a false vision of Christ then wouldn’t he ‘name drop’ Church approved apparitions during the false visions he was causing people to see This is why it is it is necessary for the Church authorities (The Bishops who have this authentic authority and sacred responsibility) to discern the nature of any alleged visions You and this exchange could simply be an illusion of an overheated mind whatever one wishes to discredit one’s experience of reality Bearing in mind we are all mostly empty space Satan is master of deception – unless one believes that he is an illusion as well – and it is more than likely that he would cast doubt on the true and substitute lies for the truth in order to confuse at best – if not completely deceive My point is that one needs to be open to the Spirit and not spend centuries arguing the toss which action negates the immediate action of the Spirit on souls the Lord is able to foresee all the nonsense and still achieve His objectives – at least with those who are willing to co-operate with Him Faith is based on the absence of proof – one accepts the truth of things one cannot know or prove for the time being – based on the credibility of the presenter are giving satan an advantage he does not deserve are being disloyal to our King and are neglecting to pasture the souls entrusted to them They will be held accountable so we need to pray for them “Bearing in mind we are all mostly empty space “What is truth?” We are not any kind of empty space We each are human beings made in the image and likeness of God and we each have an immortal soul This evidence should be presented and proven according to the same rigorous standards demanded for the visitations as well Oftentimes in our appraisal of prophecy we come to wrong conclusions based on our limited knowledge and assumptions (We have the same problem in scientific investigations; we make wrong conclusions based on true observations.) Noah’s contemporaries suffered from the same erroneous conclusions and time proved them wrong There are even today parts of scriptures that we do not understand clearly or even at all we assume too much and lean too much on our own understanding The Lord gives us information which we may not understand at the time – is He supposed to reveal His Plan to His adversary – but which we will recognize when it comes to pass so that we will know that it was the Lord who was speaking let us wait and see what the Ruini Commission & Pope Francis put out on the matter They just might put it all out there for show 🙂 DNA analysis is a very recent innovation and even that is not 100% certain – very close but scientists don’t like to claim 100% certainty for anything There can be all sorts of errors due to misplaced samples I think the Lord likes to keep us guessing – or probably He is just too great even true prophecy can be misinterpreted and judged as false I’ll bet the Church will say that the supernatural character at Medj cannot be affirmed confession and devotion to the the BVM there but without reference to the alleged visions They will restrict public shows by the visionaries and prohibit priests to go on pilgrimages or conduct anything there which refer to the visions There is no way the Church will declare the visions are supernatural while still in progress The Church may not declare that alleged visions are supernatural while they occur but they may in fact condemn alleged ongoing visions if it is determined that they are of demonic origin or simply declare them to be not supernatural in origin I think they will likely declare them not to be supernatural in origin The fruit of authentic Catholic devotions is always good and the people who have made pilgrimages to Medjugorje primarily to pray the rosary go to confession and attend Mass were engaging in authentic Catholic devotions and sacraments so it isn’t surprising that there were a lot of good fruits there Any condemnation or negative/neutral judgment about alleged visions and messages from the Mother of God would not change that One nevertheless wonders why these people would go all the way to another country to engage in an authentic Catholic devotion and practice that one can practice in one’s own backyard so to speak I certainly would not go a yard to a place of a fraudulent claim of supernatural origin and I doubt many others would either so I contest your conclusion that they would go simply to have the novelty of saying the Rosary in a different place You wouldn’t make a fraudulent claim of supernatural favors in the form of visitations from the Mother of God This is why the discernment of the Bishops is so important and why the people should listen to them without letting their desires mislead them The people who went to Medjugorje to engage in these devotions and partake of the sacraments in that place were driven to experience even more of the supernatural than these things provide but the sincere desires of many do not provide proof or even any kind of evidence that these claims of supernatural visitations from the Mother of Christ were true You seem to be far too sure of your own opinion – even of others’ motivations – so I will leave you to be nourished by your own thoughts In one of Rooney & Faricy’s early books on Medjugorje they recount the story of a pilgrim who had only HALF of her rosary “turn to gold” and she said that she was going to return to Medjugorje “to see if the rest of it will turn gold.” Also rosaries “turning to gold” are a tried-and-true trademark of false apparitions This “sign” was rampant at Necedah It never happened with any of the genuine apparitions approved by the Church (or with Montichiari which is not yet approved by the Church as this article notes) Father Malachi Martin said this cheap “miracle” is none other than the occult practice of alchemy whereby Satan and his demons change base metals into gold (which in the practice of alchemy they do in response to the incantations of the alchemists/occultists.) At Medjugorje as well as other false apparition sites Satan does it “gratis” to hook the gullible into believing in and promoting the false apparition I humbly recommend you read my article “The Greatest of Pastoral Care.” Medjugorje needs to be outright condemned for the fraud that the original Bishop Zanic exposed it to be in the damning audio tapes he has of the “seers” not only contradicting themselves but outright lying to him under oath in the early days Whereas I’m actually tired of trying to convince people who refuse to be convinced no matter what evidence there is to the contrary (a mountain of it actually) about the false apparitions of Medjugorje I actually want to comment on the Rosa Mystica apparitions Other than the fact that the Bishops involved in the Montichiari-Fontanelle are products of the liberal theology rampant throughout the Church in Italy (which Bella Dodd directly introduced with her 1,000 communist seminary students who went on to become priests and bishops and train others for this cause for the destruction of the Church from within) I cannot understand the stance the Brescian stance against Montichiari Because the whole purpose of the Montichiari apparitions is the COMPLETE RENEWAL OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE through the Rosa Mystica devotion and not the kind of “renewal” that we got from Vatican II but the exact kind of renewal that is in keeping with Apostolic Tradition and upheld by all the Popes prior to the runaway council who was instrumental in getting Our Lady’s Third Secret to Rome had no trouble recognizing the authenticity of Montichiari (the same as he did for Garabandal became a close friend of his.) Unfortunately not being the Bishop in charge of Montichiari Bishop Venancio’s belief carries no weight with the Diocese of Brescia What I also don’t understand is the contradictory actions of the Bishops of Brescia over the years While they continue to officially maintain that the apparitions to Pierina Gilla are not approved nor should Catholics have the impression that they are I can’t remember at the moment) authorized a life-sized marble statue of Our Lady as she appeared to Pierina to be installed inside the diocesan Cathedral In 2006 the Bishop made headlines in the Italian press (and I have a copy of one of the articles in the original Italian) that he was giving “the green light” to the devotion to the Rosa Mystica expressed in the apparitions (while holding back on a declaration of the nature and origin of the apparitions.) Is it any wonder Catholics are confused as to the status of these apparitions and to Pierina’s credit her apparitions have none of the disobedience and cheap flashy “signs” (that Satan and his minions are more than capable of manufacturing) that saturates Medjugorje in His own good time when it will give Him and His Mother the most glory will provide the Bishop who will not be afraid to authenticate it and begin the renewal of our priesthood and religious orders that Our Lady came to initiate at Montichiari in the hopes of preventing the devastation unleashed on the Church by Bella Dodd and her communists I once knew a nice lady who corrected people’s grammar in public when they were speaking People started avoiding her and she never knew why… There should be two spaces after a period before the next sentance… but breaking paragraphs up simply makes it easy on the eyes to read Maybe that nice lady was at one time was a teacher but I think you are mistaken in at least one respect–the Church’s theology of private revelation I encourage you to buy my book as it should be of tremendous value to you It is “Refractions of Light” and you can find it on Amazon If you are truly in Christ and the Spirit as you seem to imply with your condemnations of false visions and off-the-track bishops just exactly what is with the anti-Jewish comment in your last sentence you obviously have very little understanding of history to lump my Jewish brethren in with speculative Freemasons who had a far stronger link to English (and Contintental) aristocracy than to Jews…if you’re going to drag out the old Rothschild/Bilderburg claim I would remind you that the Freemasons – in particular the English – were in existence easily 50 years beforehand; furthermore it was a few members of the French – and later German – aristocracy and intellectual élite who originated the concepts of anarchy consolidated power – the Novus Ordo Seclorum or what we know today as the New World Order If you’ve ever cracked your Old Testament open there’s this really cool part where some guy named Moshe goes to the top of this mountain called Sinai and dang if he doesn’t get handed two tablets of stone carved with 10 do’s and don’t by none other than You-Know-Who And what’s more (if we skip a few slightly wild paragraphs where Moshe’s folks down below go a little off the rails themselves and he gets just slightly bent resulting in those two tablets getting broken and his having to re-write them himself all over again…oy and soon The Lord God of Israel calls him back up to that mountaintop and gives him so many more Thou shalts and Thou shalt nots the good rebbe probably had the first case of writer’s cramp in history My point being: God took care to give us all those laws to make sure we would stay out of trouble and live lives of holiness–and if you’d ever had an opportunity to get familiar with the basic tenets of what He laid out for us you would see pretty quickly that it clashes in a really big way with what the Freemasons and the Illuminati came up with just before joining forces at the Congress of Wilhelmsbad Putting it a little more clearly: Freemasonry and Judaism are antithetical to each other Knowing that one creep with a Jewish name was involved ≠ all Jewish people either being involved in his plotting or being bad That is reasoning on about the level of a five-year-old because of the questions coming out of Medjugorje non-Catholics were to conclude/accuse that all Catholic clergy were misleading the people That’s also what reasoning on about the level of a five-year-old will do for you… but I could’ve sworn it was a Pope who ushered in – along with a whole lotta cardinals – Vatican II which is how I suspect you picture us…you go for the Protocols of Zion vileness the Tsar’s secret police cooked up too When are you and your Dark Ages ilk going to get the clue that we aren’t Christ killers even the Church herself has excused us from “blood guilt” – finally we’re not even held guilty of stealing and murdering Christian babies to use their blood in secret rituals any more…in case you hadn’t heard] You seem a bit concerned about Satan deceiving people…can you not see him laughing at how easily he’s gotten you to fall for his web of lies And the one about how we Jews are responsible for the death of the Lord – that was answered definitively once and for all: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” ALL of our collective sin that made it necessary for our Saviour to die on that cross And let’s get this straight: 1) MY people didn’t nail Him to that cross 2) It wasn’t the nails that held Him to the cross Like that sweet song from the 1960’s used to plead…Put a little love in your heart I would challenge the members of the Commission to read all the messages that Our Lady has given to the visionaries from the very beginning And I would like them to see if there is anything in Her messages that are contrary to the Catholic Faith I believe the Ruini Commission did read the alleged messages there is questionable content within the alleged messages are you familiar with the work of Donal Anthony Foley I respectfully ask you not to engage in “trading links.” I am quite familiar with the subject and have many long years behind me on it It is my hope that you will engage me with the facts in discussion You may have seen in my author’s bio above that I was educated at Franciscan University Calloway was stationed there for some years and we’ve spoken on Medjugorje in his own home I am familiar with what they wrote and I think you missed Foley’s response to Klimek I’m happy to learn of your background and have great respect for you because of it It’s hard to know everything about our FB friends I just want to be confident that they are Catholic and adhere to the teachings of the Catholic Church we’ll just have to agree to disagree I do know that one day there will be no evil He can provide you with some good insights into his writings and answer any question that you may have as you read through his book Take time with things and come to conclusions after prayer and study The path I try to set you on is one that I walked Please provide the so called questionable content within the messages Don’t just say it without proving it And just because you have degrees in theology The first Bishop in that area was definitely prejudiced against the messages Too many good and Holy priests in that area have come out of there believing in the messages Why should one believe you (and your ” authorative” slightly condescending manner) over them It is not necessarily true that ‘Medjugorje’ has changed people God changes people and people to there seeking an encounter with God with Mary and God and Mary honor their need and meet them with grace It is their honest seeking that brings the grace…that grace is always readily available in the Sacraments especially during Mass when Jesus Christ Himself descends upon our altars and then enters our bodies when we receive the Eucharist but we must not make a ‘place’ the only absolute for encountering God in our Churches where Jesus resides physically in the Tabernacle 24 hours a day I would encourage you to read the the words of Our Lady spoken in Lourdes Rue De Bac and Kibeho.These are church approved visions They were all approved by the local bishops and ratified by Rome One quickly realises that an infinite gulf separates Our Lady’s words at these visions from the “Medjugorje messages” she did not speak during the apparition in 1879 A number of the Lourdes apparitions were silent They have overcast and neglected by many in the wake of the Medjugorje phenomenon.The messages of Fatima are so vital to read and know It would seem that if the ruling is like what is suggested in the article that the local Bishop of the locality of Medjugorje would have to already be seen as prejudiced and therefore once again capable of another “over rule” type of approach with such guidelines as was previously done Instead the rumor re: a special appointee of the Vatican/a “governor” of sorts could likely be carried out with responsibility of overseeing just the Medjugorje area or “shrine’s” competence Therefore leaving out personal opinions of authoritative clerics of the region and making a more personal connection with the Vatican’s own oversight This would make more sense knowing the huge international appeal of this site as well as this very reality being one of the reasons for having the Vatican form its own commission out of the hands of the local Bishop of objection after all of these years of study a blatant resorting only to the 1991 declaration could be made when that “commission” was interrupted by the war would really be a declaration of incompetency and neglect of the faithful… a grave matter of conscience indeed for the authorities involved Hello guesto3 and thank you for commenting You’ve put quite a bit into the comment and so I will take it slowly I suspect you might make more of the “prejudice” of Bishop Peric than needs to be Peric’s objection rests with the character of the claims–he does not believe they are supernatural The question is what to do with the pilgrims who go there which is a shared concern between Peric and the Holy See I am not ready to believe that Peric would mistreat pilgrims That would attribute malice to someone who has already been much aligned in the English-speaking world (and likely elsewhere) and I would like to respond about your remark about the Vatican and its own commission your words lend themselves to the idea that somehow Rome thought the local Bishop to be biased thus necessitating the Vatican’s own commission Simply to defer to the “non constat” of 1991 The case requires a more definitive statement to lay the matter to rest Divesting the legitimate church authority (The Bishop of Mostar) of a town in his diocese simply won’t happen The vatican continues to uphold the 1991 decision made by the Bishop’s Commission The Bishop is responsible for investigating and discerning the Medjugorje phenonmenon He is tasked by God to minister to his flock and is given special grace by God to declare if an apparition is true or false A bishop’s decision on the veracity or indeed false nature of an apparition has never been overturned Unfortunately chronic disobedience of leading players in Medjugorje and their disregard for the legitimate church authority directives has compelled the Vatican to intervene in support of the Bishop Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A doctor in northern Italy has been accused of issuing lethal doses of drugs to elderly coronavirus patients in order to free up hospital beds during the first wave of the pandemic in March who was the head of the emergency department at Montichiari Hospital in Brescia was arrested this week on accusations of killing at least two patients and tampering with their medical records Prosecutors in Italy have alleged that Mosca administered lethal doses of anesthetic and neuromuscular blockers to older patients leading to the deaths of 61-year-old Natale Bassi and 80-year-old Angelo Paletti The two patients were exhumed last month and determined to have had doses of the drugs succinylcholine and propofol in their system, The Daily Beast reported. Both drugs are commonly used when patients are placed on a ventilator but investigators discovered from medical files neither of the patients were intubated while at the hospital Using the drugs on non-intubated patients causes them to suffocate according to the court documents reported on by the publication Prosecutors have also brought forth evidence that the lethal injections were carried out from text messages between nurses working under Mosca "Did he ask you to administer the drugs without intubating them?" one nurse wrote in a message "I'm not killing patients just because he wants to free up the beds When nurses started refusing Mosca's orders to inject patients with the drugs prosecutors say he then wrote false terminal diagnoses on the patients' charts to make their deaths seem more believable The investigation into Mosca reportedly began after statistical analysis of deaths in the emergency room at Motichiari stood out compared to other hospitals in the region Records show that several deaths occurred shortly after patients were admitted to the hospital and a number of patients were recorded to have died from sudden worsening health conditions Authorities are now searching through all of Mosca's deceased patient records for additional anomalies in their treatment and deaths The investigating magistrate in the case has suggested that Mosca was the "victim in the throes of extreme stress originating from having to face the growing influx of COVID cases," according to The Daily Beast "The replication of the extreme conditions that led to his crimes made it probable that he resolved to administer prohibited drugs to the most serious patients in order to speed up their death thereby falsifying the data contained in the relative medical records," the statement added Mosca's crimes were allegedly committed at a time when Italy's Lombardy region, where his hospital was located, was hit devastatingly hard by the virus In an interview with Italian media in June Mosca stated that his hospital was inundated with so many patients that they had to turn the canteen into a ward with 30 beds "Every shift was a battle to save as many lives as possible," he said at the time. Mosca has since been discharged from the hospital and is on house arrest before his first hearing this Friday the doctor has stated that he is "absolutely innocent" and that he did not administer the drugs and "cannot understand why" he is being accused of doing so Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all A doctor is accused of killing COVID-19 patients with lethal doses of anesthetic to free up beds as the hospital was overwhelmed by the massive coronavirus outbreak in Italy in March 2020 a diabetic who suffered from heart disease 2020 and 80-year-old Angelo Paletti died two days later COVID-19 hit Lombardy as early as January 2020 and cases rapidly increased in March when Bassi and Paletti's deaths occurred as its hospitals buckled under the strain of treating thousands of cases of the little-known virus Italy was the first European country to face the massive struggle of the coronavirus. Its COVID-19 death toll stands at more than 87,000. British nurse Connor McAinsh worked at Gavazeni Hospital in Bergamo He told ITV News, at the time: "We went from taking care of individual patients with their own problems to having an endless amount of people with the same problem and not enough time or material to deal with everybody 'It's just an endless stream of people coming in and as soon as we have a bed we have a new patient coming in who needs critical care." He is currently under house arrest at his home in Mantua and a further three deaths are also being investigated, the Mirror noted.  Mosca, who has been suspended from his role, says the case against him is made up of 'baseless allegations,' the Daily Mail added China’s Sini Zeng dethrones Dutch rider Alyda Norbruis in the women’s C2 individual pursuit at the 2016 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari China's para-cyclists set the tone on the first day of the 2016 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships by seizing four gold medals on Thursday (17 March) at the Montichiari velodrome in Italy The biggest surprise by far came in the women's C2 individual pursuit was beaten in the final by China's Sini Zeng Norbruis had seemed to establish her dominance in qualifying by covering the 3,000m race distance 1.352 seconds faster than Zeng But the Chinese rider edged out her rival by 0.811 seconds in the final to snatch the gold medal Colombia's Daniela Carolin Banani completed the podium winning the bronze medal ride against China's Zhenling Song China's Jufang Zhou had secured gold in the time trial in 2014 by beating the C5 world record the Chinese rider got the better of the 2015 world champion The podium was completed by another British representative The opposite occurred in the C4 class: London Paralympic champion and reigning world champion Jianping Ruan had to settle for silver this time Victory went to the British rider Kadeena Cox who recorded a hugely impressive new world record time of 37.456 seconds The gold medallist in the women's C1 pursuit Jieli Li was the only athlete in her class and so did not have to face a rival in the final The Chinese men did not go empty-handed either: in the men's C1 pursuit Zhangyu Li overcame Canada's Ross Wilson in the final after beating the world record in qualifying (3:51.961) Great Britain's para-cyclists had nothing to be ashamed about with their haul of medals on Thursday taking to the top step of the podium on three occasions Megan Giglia and Jody Cundy also earned themselves a gold medal Jody Cundy demonstrated that he is still the master of the C4 km The reigning world champion and world record holder smashed the opposition with a time of 1:4.654 secs His nearest rival was Slovakia's Jozef Metelka who was forced to concede 1.392 seconds Megan Giglia won the women's C3 pursuit final defeating the reigning world champion from Germany Giglia had previously beaten the world record in qualifying with a time of 4:6.756 secs Spain's Alfonso Cabello Llamas (C5 time trial) Canada's Tristen Chernove (C2 pursuit) and the USA's Joseph Berenyi (C3 pursuit) were the day's other world champions The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships continue in Italy until Sunday (20 March) Nine UCI world champions will be crowned on Friday (18 March) C2 and C3 time trial will be contested as well as the B class tandem pursuit finals The women's scratch race final for the combined C1 The racing can be followed through live coverage and recorded highlights on Italy's RAI Sport 2 channel at the following times: 18.03 – recorded highlights from 16:00 to 17:30 (GMT) 19.03 – recorded highlights from 14:00 to 15:15 (GMT) Complete results from the 2016 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships can be found on the UCI website. Also follow the event on Twitter @UCI_Paracycling with the hashtag #PARACYCLING2016, Facebook and Instagram: @UCI_cycling Great Britain's Megan Giglia was dominant in the women's C3 500 m time trial at the 2016 UCI Para-Cycling Track Worlds The British rider surpassed the previous world record of 42.955 held by the USA's Jamie Whitmore Cardenas second world title and second world record That was the achievement of Great Britain's Megan Giglia on Friday (18 March) at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships at the Montichiari Velodrome in Italy Giglia set a new world best of 41.761 seconds in the women's C3 500 m time trial who finished third in Montichiari with 43.484 Denise Schindler (43.159) of Germany secured the silver medal This was a second world title and a second world record in two days for the British para-cyclist who had won the pursuit 24 hours earlier Giglia set a world record of 4 min 06.756 seconds in the pursuit qualifying round Schindler won her third medal of the Championships with a bronze in the scratch race won by China's Sini Zeng Colombia's Daniela Carolin Banani took silver The men's C3 1,000 m time trial will also go down in history Sergey Batukov (Russia) and Eduardo Santas Asensio (Spain) both covered the distance in exactly 1 min 10.317 secs to tie for the bronze medal This is the first time in the history of the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships that two athletes could not be separated in a timed event Leading the way was the USA's Joseph Berenyi (1 min 09.534 sec) who edged out Russia's Alexey Obydennov (1 min 10.120 sec) after a thrilling race full of drama the man from Illinois gave everything to make up his initial deficit and cross the line with the fastest time The Dutch rider Arnoud Nijhuis smashed the world record in the C1 1,000 m time trial which had been held by China's Zhang Yu Li since the London Paralympic Games with his mark of 1 min 13.009 secs Nijhuis rewrote the record books by setting a new time of 1 min 12.423 secs world record holder and gold medallist in the pursuit on Thursday took silver in 1 min 12.597 sec followed by Argentina's Rodrigo Fernand Lopez with bronze (1 min 20.296 sec) The Dutch national anthem was played again after the women's C2 500 m time trial as the rainbow jersey was presented to Alyda Norbruis This was the second medal in Montichiari for the rider who established a world record at home at last year's World Championships in Apeldoorn after a silver the previous day in the pursuit Amanda Reid (Australia) and Zhenling Song (China) finished second and third in the time trial respectively Canada's Tristen Chernove continued the good work he had started the day before this time the 1,000 m time trial ahead of Hao Xie (China) and Louis Rolfe (Great Britain) New Zealanders Emma Foy and Laura Thompson (pilot) won the gold medal final in the women's 3,000 m tandem pursuit against the Japanese pairing of Yurie Kanuma and Mai Tanaka (pilot) The British pair of Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall (pilot) won the bronze medal race against an Irish duo In the gold medal final of the men's event Australia's Kieran Modra and David Edwards (pilot) got the better of Spain's Ignacio Avila Rodriguez and Joan Font Bertoli (pilot) who had been fastest in the morning qualifying session Canadians Daniel Chalifour and Jean-Michel Lachance (pilot) took bronze with victory over the British pair of Stephen Bate and Adam Duggleby (pilot) Jieli Li of China was the only rider entered for the women's C1 500 m time trial it is worth repeating that another world record was set on the first day by British rider Kadeena Cox (C4) who covered the 500 m of her time trial in a stunning time of 37.456 seconds The action continues on Saturday with time trials individual pursuits and scratch races on the penultimate day of the programme More information about the World Championships is available at UCI's website. Great Britain's Neil Fachie (right) and his pilot Peter Mitchell at the 2016 Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari After defending his 1km time trial world title on Saturday (19 March) and successfully rewriting the record books Neil Fachie did it all again on Sunday (20 March) the last day of the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari The British rider and his pilot Peter Mitchell were the big winners in the men's sprint final it's a great way to finish the World Championships," Fachie said the British duo beat the Netherlands’ Tristan Bangma and Teun Mulder Fachie and Mitchell won gold in two straight rides We knew that our opponents would be hard to beat," explained Fachie "We came out strong in the first ride,” Fachie continued “Then the Dutch were very fast in the second ride and we thought they were going to beat us We just managed to edge ahead right at the end.” Setting the fastest time in the qualification who are also world record holders at the distance defeated an Australian pairing in the quarter final They then faced their compatriots James Ball and Craig MacLean in the semi-final Ball and MacLean secured bronze by defeating a Spanish duo to join their British teammates on the podium Fachie and Mitchell will undoubtedly be the tandem to beat on the Rio track at the Paralympic Games in September but I know what it's like to lose,” Fachie said “Our opponents will doubtless be working very hard to go faster seek improvement and hope to remain top of the pile in Rio Gold and a record for Australia's Gallagher and Janssen the world title went to Australians Jessica Gallagher and Madison Janssen (pilot) who beat last year's world champions from Great Britain The bronze medal went to the Netherlands' Larissa Klaassen and Haliegh Dolman (pilot) Gallagher and Janssen broke the world record in qualification with a time of 11.045 beating the previous best of 11.112 established by their compatriots Brandie O'Connor and Breanna Hargrave at the World Championships in Aguascalientes The British added another title to their collection on Sunday They defeated the Chinese in the final while rewriting the record books with a new world best of 49.230 seconds who beat the USA in the ride-off for third place Russia's Aleksey Obydennov won the rainbow jersey in the C1/C3 scratch race while Australia's Kyle Bridgwood snatched gold in the C4/C5 scratch race Great Britain finished top of the medal table "It was a phenomenal Championships for us,” Fachie said Some of my teammates have been developing in recent years but now suddenly they are podium contenders We just have to keep this momentum going until the Paralympic Games in Rio." Complete results from the 2016 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships can be found on the UCI website Samantha Bosco of the USA competes in the women's C5 3000m individual pursuit track cycling at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games a division of the United States Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday (31 January) the 16 athletes who will represent Team USA at the 2017 UCI Para cycling Track World Championships “We’re very excited for this year’s World Championships,” said Ian Lawless “It is a great opportunity for our athletes to showcase their talents and defend their No 1 world ranking on home soil in Los Angeles We are coming off of a very strong summer in Rio where we saw 18 podium finishes – including four gold – across road and track cycling which should make for a competitive World Championship.” Two US athletes will aim to defend their world titles on the track in Los Angeles Joe Berenyi won two medals – both gold – at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari taking gold in the men’s C3 1,000m time trial and 3km individual pursuit winning the women’s C4 3km individual pursuit Six of the US athletes have also represented their country in the military with five from the Army and one from the Marine Corps Jason Kimball served in both the Marine Corps and the Army Team USA is the top-ranked nation in track road and the overall International Cycling Union standings after a strong 2016 that included a four-medal haul at track World Championships including three world titles and a world record US roster for 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships #Denotes medallist at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships An Orthodox service was served for the first time in the Romanian Church in Montichiari the parish priest Gabriel Pandrea and several other clerics officiated the Lesser Sanctification of Waters and the Mystery of Unction The story of the new Romanian church illustrates very well the saying “Man sanctifies the place.” The building is actually a capannone meaning a former production hall or warehouse This is what the building looked like a year ago This how a warehouse was elevated to the rank of a “laboratory of the Resurrection” – an expression used by Saint Maximus the Confessor for the church and mentioned by Fr Gelu Porumb on Tuesday at the first service in Montichiari The spiritual protectors of the parish are St Gregory the Enlightener of Greater Armenia and St The place of worship is located on Via Erculiani Source: Basilica.ro the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... 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(function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website Paralympics Ireland has announced its team for the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships Once again Ireland will be entering four bikes in the Championships across both sprint and endurance events with the focus of all riders on the individual pursuit Eoghan Clifford will specifically look to defend his world title in the scratch race The team also includes former world champion Colin Lynch and multiple-world medallists Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal on the women’s tandem The new male tandem pairing of Peter Ryan and Sean Hahessy will be taking part in their first major Championship together and will also be ones to watch The main focus for the Irish team will be on the endurance events with Lynch and Clifford also competing in the scratch race Clifford surprised the field in this event by attacking with 25 laps to go lapping the field to win the gold medal and world title both tandems will be competing in the kilo time trial which is a four lap race against the clock and Dunlevy and McCrystal will also compete in the sprint With the Irish para-cycling team currently completing a block of training at the Cycling Ireland base in Palma national performance coach Neill Delahaye is happy with how the training has been going “We are at the end of a very demanding training phase," he stated "This year’s camps have ramped up in intensity and the whole team has coped well with the extra load." "They are now ready to give a good account of themselves in Montichiari The riders have committed fully and put in a lot of hard work to get themselves in shape for these World Championships These World Championships are also the last UCI Nation ranking event counting for the Rio Paralympic Games The team here are really motivated to put in some strong performances to help Ireland qualify as many bikes as possible for the Games.” This is the last competition on the para-cycling calendar that offers qualification points for the Paralympic Games in Rio The sustainability policies of cleaning company Markas earned it a 2017 European Cleaning and Hygiene Award at the Rome event in November Ann Laffeaty asks Markas about the hospital project that made it a winner Sustainability is not simply a matter of producing glossy reports and impressing customers with business ethics It demands a continuous and lifelong approach This is what we told companies hopeful of winning the European Cleaning & Hygiene Award 2017 for Sustainability – Best Practice We then asked them to demonstrate how the principles of sustainability were fundamental to their culture And the deserving winner was Markas which earned the award for its contract at the Montichiari Hospital in northern Italy “The aim of the Montichiari Hospital project – which began in October 2016 - was to reduce the environmental impact of the cleaning process while at the same time improving quality of service,” said Markas Italy director quality and control Andrea Tezzele “Improvement measures were implemented in two phases to cover mop washing and surface cleaning For mop washing we switched to Werner & Mertz EU-Ecolabel certified products which resulted in a significant reduction in detergent consumption on an annual basis “We then introduced the same manufacturer’s Green Care products for surface cleaning in conjunction with an automatic system This had the benefits of producing no waste and controlling consumption while also allowing us to use reusable bottles for spray cleaning “Finally we switched from a hypochlorite detergent to a low impact electrolyte chlorine product improving the disinfecting performance.” At the end of the field test the company noticed some marked sustainability improvements “These included a reduction in the consumption of chemical products used better cleaning results and a complete absence of the chlorine smell that usually occurs after the disinfection of surfaces,” said Tezzele Staff at Montichiari Hospital worked closely with Markas to implement the changes according to the facility’s medical director Paola Giansiracusa “Thanks to our successful collaboration we managed to make a significant contribution towards environment protection,” she said “This was also an excellent opportunity for us to organise meetings with our colleagues to deepen environmental understanding and to train them on the use of new environmental products By using more environmentally sustainable products we are helping to lay the groundwork for a better future.” has always shown a commitment to social and environmental responsibility The company aims to minimise its environmental impact across all sites and last year launched the “GoGreen @Markas” initiative inviting employees to leave their cars at home and find more sustainable ways of travelling to work Awards were given out to those employees who opted into the scheme and switched to commuting by bus The company is opening new headquarters next year in Bolzano in the South Tyrol The facility will use intelligent building management to enhance energy efficiency by forecasting the weather and anticipating heating and cooling requirements The building has also been designed to incorporate extensive green spaces to enhance employees’ well-being And all construction materials have been screened for harmful substances that could have a detrimental effect on air quality Markas claims to be among the first companies in its sector to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its “Markas System” cleaning service This aims to identify solutions capable of reducing environmental impact and compensating for any CO2 emissions produced Markas recently received EMAS registration (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) from the European Union This is awarded to companies that have an environmental management system to promote the continuous improvement of their environmental performance and to publish an environmental statement The company was honoured to receive the European Cleaning & Hygiene Award 2017 for Sustainability – Best Practice according to Tezzele “Receiving our ECH award in such an important category shows us that we are on the right track with our present efforts and strongly inspiring us to do even better in future,” she said “In this way can set a good example for other companies to follow – and this is something of which we are very proud.” The European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards 2018 will be held in Berlin on November 15 and are now open for entry. Visit www.echawards.com « go back It’s been an eventful start to the year in Germany Published on 10 January 2011 by Niels Hendrix Follow Max on social media and keep informed Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts The company exhibited two prototype machines at the FIMAST 2014 international textile machinery and accessory trade show that took place from 17-20 September in Montichiari Hosiery/​Socks, Colours/​Trends Tae Young launches new machine with toe linking device Stäubli to present sock closing technology at ITM This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page silver in the sprint and breaking the national record twice in the 500m time trial Bate finished her week with a hard-fought fourth place in the keirin final After the event Bate said: "I'm absolutely over the moon I never expected to step up to world level only a month after Euros and have improved as much as I did two national records and two medals; I couldn't have asked for a better week really "We never went to the junior worlds with the intention of winning medals but just to focus on our own progression so a medal is always such a nice bonus." The sprint silver medallist added: "This competition was always the big aim of the year - our main target "Euros was a good chance to get a hit out along the way and obviously we wanted to perform well there too but worlds was always the main performance goal "I find racing at such a high level like a world championship brings a lot more out of me than any other event and I get such a buzz from racing at that level "I think it's such an amazing experience to be able to do that as a junior before stepping up to the big scene as a senior to get a taste of what it is like and get so much learning and racing under the belt which is something I am very grateful for." Home after an amazing week! Last ever junior race is over and I couldn't be happier with how this years gone! Now for some chill time pic.twitter.com/Rcu8rTas7l Bate added that she hoped she would progress to the Great Britain Cycling Team's Senior Academy and to compete as an under-23 at the 2018 European championships "Joining the Senior Academy will be a big challenge and a whole new chapter in my cycling career and a chance to get a really good solid year as a full time athlete which is really exciting," she said Bate's bronze medal-winning team sprint teammate Georgia Hilleard finished ninth in the competition On way home from Junior Worlds. Fantastic week and exactly where we need to be. Promising times...@BritishCycling pic.twitter.com/VVhBwaaHWp Lewis Stewart and Caleb Hill rode in the men's kilo qualifying round setting the times of 1:04.20 and 1:05.10 respectively Stewart finished in 16th place and Hill in 26th Catch up on the latest episodes from British Cycling's original series Get a behind-the-scenes perspective of road races British Cycling members can now exclusively watch the first episode of Behind the Bike: Tour of Britain a three-part series that shares a unique insight into the Tour experience from the perspective of riders and team staff from the Great Britain Cycling Team Dame Sarah Storey set yet another incredible Paralympic record with her third gold of Tokyo 2020 and Ben Watson joined her with his own second gold medal of these Games on another successful day for Great Britain Jaco van Gass won Great Britain’s second cycling gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics when he edged out team-mate Fin Graham in the final of the men’s C3 3000m individual pursuit at the Izu Velodrome Get the help you need in case of an incident enter your username and we will send a password reset to your registered email address enter the email address with which your account is registered and we will send you a reminder We have found a match between your Facebook account and British Cycling To link accounts please enter your British Cycling password Join us Find out more Tel 0161 274 2000 © 2025 British CyclingAll Rights Reserved qualified for the Interregional Phase of the U13 Pro league The Black-and-blues have been listed in Group 1 (coupled with the likes AlbinoLeffe Fiorentina and Milan) and will take part in the group stage to be held in Montichiari on the 30th of April - all fixtures will be disputed according to a single-day format All four winners of the Interregional Group Stage will gain access to the Fase Finale Nazionale (National Final Phase) A keen cyclist from childhood Helen was part of the Great Britain Cycling Team’s under 23 sprint academy before moving across to the para-cycling team as a pilot at the end of 2010 Helen teamed up with Paralympian Aileen McGlynn and the pair enjoyed immediate success winning silver in the tandem B kilo at the 2011 Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari The pair then enjoyed an excellent 2012 winning three silver medals at the Track World Championships before winning silver in the tandem B kilo and bronze in the tandem B pursuit at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Helen was paired with Sophie Thornhill for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and they won two gold medals in the tandem B sprint and tandem B kilo At the start of 2015 the pair teamed up at the Track World Championships winning gold in the tandem B sprint and tandem B kilo They then won two silver medals at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari they focused their attentions on the kilo event and they were successful winning gold and breaking the Paralympic record They also picked up a bronze medal in the pursuit A change in partners for 2017 saw Helen pilot Paralympic triathlete Alison Patrick for the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles - the pair winning silver in the tandem sprint and bronze in the kilo Scott teamed up with Thornhill once more - and the reunion lead to a brace of world titles on their return to Rio The duo won gold in both the 1km time trial and the sprint setting world records in both events and they repeated the trick weeks later in the Team England colours at the 2018 Commonwealth Games She made a successful return to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics as pilot with experienced rider Aileen McGlynn with the duo winning a silver medal in the Women’s 1000m time trial B 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships 2016 UCI Para cycling Track World Championships 2015 UCI Para cycling Track World Championships Nearly two years after Great Britain’s Para-cyclists stormed the medal table at Rio 2016 – winning 21 medals including 12 golds – the best riders the country has to offer will be back on the Brazilian boards once again The return of the Para-Cycling Track World Championships gives the British racers another chance to conquer the world as they head to South America with a squad brimming with talent Fourteen men and eight women will don the British Cycling colours in the hope the red white and blue will become rainbow by the end of events at the Rio Olympic Veldrome Here is a rundown of everything you need to know ahead of the championships The women’s squad boast a rich pedigree of podium finishes and titles at the top level Megan Giglia won two golds at the 2016 World Championships in Montichiari in the C3 time trial and pursuit as well as individual pursuit gold at Rio 2016 Lora Fachie and pilot Corrine Hall are no strangers to podiums having claimed Paralympic gold and bronze in the individual pursuit B and road time trial B two years ago They will no doubt be targeting an elusive world track gold with Fachie scooping silver in the tandem B pursuit in Montichiari in 2011 and bronze in the same event five years later There are also high hopes for Sophie Thornhill who has won four world track titles as well as two Commonwealth crowns and one Paralympic gold medal Crystal Lane-Wright has secured podium finishes at Paralympic and both world track and road levels while Katie Toft is making her senior debut in Britain’s colours Dame Sarah Storey was initially announced to compete after taking a break from the sport after the birth of her second child but illness has forced the 14-time Paralympic champion to withdraw Five of Britain’s Paralympic gold winners will return to Rio in the hope of adding another major crown to their bulging cabinets Louis Rolfe and Steve Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby spearhead a strong line-up who will be aiming to return the Tandem B kilo and sprint titles he won at last year’s world championships in Los Angeles Cundy is a 13-time world track champion and also has four Paralympic cycling titles under his belt Neil Fachie will once more have the top spot of the podium on his radar who also competes in Tandem B sprint and kilo having already amassed ten world track titles one Paralympic and two Commonwealth crowns William Bjergfelt and Ben Watson bring a further wave of pedigree at the top level while Blaine Hunt is the sole member of the team making his debut and Jaco van Gass make up the 14-strong men’s team Cundy has never been beaten in the kilo at the World Championships a run which stretches back all the way to 2006 The action gets under way at the Rio Olympic Veldrome tomorrow with the first action – the women’s C2 and C3 and men’s C1 C2 and C3 individual pursuit qualifications the first events on the agenda between 1pm and 4.45pm UK time be sure to keep checking our website and Facebook and Twitter channels Jon-Allan joined the RAF in 2002 and served in Afghanistan and Iraq in his role as a Weapons Technician It was while serving in Iraq in 2007 that he was involved in a rocket attack on Basra Air station As a result of the injuries he sustained doctors carried out an above the elbow amputation on his left arm Jon-Allan joined the British Para-cycling Development Programme via Battle Back a joint scheme between the British Paralympic Association and the Ministry of Defence which helps wounded service personnel return to an active life with the help of adventurous training and sport Jon-Allan attended a Paralympics GB taster day in October 2007 and impressed coaches on their Wattbike test After completing rehabilitation Jon-Allan started training with the team in April 2009 At his first UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari Jon-Allan won gold and set a new world record in the C5 kilo He defended this title at the 2012 World Championships ensuring selection for his first Paralympic Games at London 2012 finishing the competition with an impressive three silver medals in the C4-5 1km time-trial C5 individual pursuit and the C1-5 mixed team sprint Jon-Allan added to his medal tally at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascalientes Mexico winning a silver and bronze in the C5 kilo and individual pursuit Jon-Allan then took a break from competition and competed in Channel 4 show The Jump in early 2015 He returned to the Great Britain Cycling Team at the end of 2015 making his return at the Manchester International He was then selected for the fourth World Championships of his career in 2016 and won mixed team sprint gold alongside Louis Rolfe and Jody Cundy and a silver medal in the C5 kilo at the velodrome in Montichiari just missing out on a medal to finish fourth in the kilo before joining Rolfe and Cundy for the team sprint to reach the gold medal ride against China The British team rode superbly in the final winning by over a second in a new world record time of 48.635 there was further success for Butterworth in Brazil as he reunited with Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe to take team sprint gold at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro Butterworth also added silver in the 1km time trial - the fifth occasion in his career when he reached the podium in the kilo at the world championships Mark Downey Wins Silver at the European Track Championships in Italy Mark Downey has sensationally won silver in the Men’s U23 Points Race at the UEC Track Juniors and U23 European Championships in Montichiari who previously won a European silver in the Points Race as a junior in 2014 was lying in 3rd place until the closing laps when he moved into 2nd The bunch race was won by World Champion Jonathan Dibben (GB) with the defending European Champion Raman Ramanau (BLR) in third place Also in action today was Xeno Young in the Men’s Junior Omnium who finished 4th in the Individual Pursuit yesterday is lying in 6th place after Day 1 of the event The UEC Track Juniors and U23 European Championships take place in Montichiari Velodrome in the Brescia region of Italy Speaking after the race Downey was delighted with his result; “I can’t believe it it’s amazing; I was sitting third with 10 laps to go I saw the French guy (Benjamin Thomas who finished fourth) was under pressure so I knew it was time to go so it was a case of all or nothing – I emptied the tank I wanted to prove the medal I won as a junior wasn’t a fluke.” The Points Race was fast from the start “It was like a motorbike race I felt really relaxed it was one of those freak of nature days where I could go all day I’m sandwiched between a world champion and a defending champion Not bad for a wee guy from Banbridge against these guys from big systems I’m the last piece of the puzzle; this medal is not just me All the support has been amazing; I tried for a result in the pursuit so today I didn’t want to let anyone down Cycling Ireland has been brilliant – everyone can celebrate this as much as me.” Downey will be competing again on Sunday with Fintan Ryan in the Madison “I’m going to enjoy this moment We have done a nice bit of work for the Madison and I’m not going to let Fintan down.” Track Coach David Muntaner was very impressed with Downey and all the riders competing today; “Today was so good Muntaner was especially impressed with Young who competed in his first Omnium event “Xeno is lying 6th; he lost some points in the scratch race it’s a good sign that he can do the same time two days in a row It is a hard race and we weren’t expecting such a good result We were watching videos before the race and he did exactly what we wanted him to do You couldn’t see that he didn’t have experience in it In the Women’s Junior Points Race Ciara Doogan was 13th Tom Knight was 14th in the Men’s Junior Points Race and Josie Knight was a DNF Tomorrow Young will continue his campaign in the Men’s Junior Omnium while Fintan Ryan and Ciara Doogan will race in Day 1 of their Omniums In the Women’s U23 Scratch Race Autumn Collins will also be in action This weekend eleven Irish riders will compete in twenty four events in one of the major events in junior and U23 track cycling